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Is there a network or organization for the coordination of government open source projects? I love the idea of my city, region or nation (or planet) working to

Is there a network or organization for the coordination of government open source projects? I love the idea of my city, region or nation (or planet) working to solve a problem and releasing the tool to the public. I just don't want every government to duplicate all the same work, some duplication and competition is fine. But the idea that different places have different specialities etc....

jibbirish 6mo ago
In the Netherlands municipalities have been collaborating for years already to build an open source ecosystem: https://commonground.nl/ https://commonground.nl/ We have 342 municipalities, all buying the same apps (from 3 or 4 vendors) to deliver basic services to their citizens. Common Ground aims to replace all of those with open source solutions.
- ramon156 6mo ago
  Hey, I would love to contribute to this project. Is there a list of repo's I can take a look at and contribute? I see some communities, seems like each community has their own setup, some of them have github links.
  - jibbirish 6mo ago
    The way they go about this is still a bit weird / government like. Individual municipalities write tenders for software companies to contribute to these projects. The Vereniging Nederlandse Gemeente is hosting the specific committees that are in charge of product vision / architecture. But I am not sure if there is a way for individuals to contribute to these projects right now. So the source is Open Source, the process very much not yet. If you are Dutch and looking to work on awesome gov-tech send me a DM.
arionhardison 6mo ago
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steinwinde 6mo ago
https://govstack.global/ https://govstack.global/ is trying to find common grounds, but it doesn't coordinate any government work
Nemo_bis 6mo ago
If by "coordination" you mean central planning, not. There are things such as sharing best practices and other resources. An example is https://standard.publiccode.net/ https://standard.publiccode.net/ and https://new.digitalpublicgoods.net/ https://new.digitalpublicgoods.net/ . And of course many efforts towards a shared funding infrastucture, see also https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KES3TH-funding_europes_open_digital_infrastructure_a_detailed_case_for_an_eu_sovereign_/ https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KES3TH-funding_europe...

jibbirish 6mo ago

In the Netherlands municipalities have been collaborating for years already to build an open source ecosystem: https://commonground.nl/ https://commonground.nl/ We have 342 municipalities, all buying the same apps (from 3 or 4 vendors) to deliver basic services to their citizens. Common Ground aims to replace all of those with open source solutions.

ramon156 6mo ago
Hey, I would love to contribute to this project. Is there a list of repo's I can take a look at and contribute? I see some communities, seems like each community has their own setup, some of them have github links.
- jibbirish 6mo ago
  The way they go about this is still a bit weird / government like. Individual municipalities write tenders for software companies to contribute to these projects. The Vereniging Nederlandse Gemeente is hosting the specific committees that are in charge of product vision / architecture. But I am not sure if there is a way for individuals to contribute to these projects right now. So the source is Open Source, the process very much not yet. If you are Dutch and looking to work on awesome gov-tech send me a DM.

arionhardison 6mo ago

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steinwinde 6mo ago

https://govstack.global/ https://govstack.global/ is trying to find common grounds, but it doesn't coordinate any government work

Nemo_bis 6mo ago

If by "coordination" you mean central planning, not. There are things such as sharing best practices and other resources. An example is https://standard.publiccode.net/ https://standard.publiccode.net/ and https://new.digitalpublicgoods.net/ https://new.digitalpublicgoods.net/ . And of course many efforts towards a shared funding infrastucture, see also https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KES3TH-funding_europes_open_digital_infrastructure_a_detailed_case_for_an_eu_sovereign_/ https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KES3TH-funding_europe...